Drill-chuck.



H. E. VAN NESS.

DRILL CHUCK. APPLICATION FILED JULY 27,1909.

1,1 59 Patented Nov, 2, 1915,

u 111/ to lb z'ines'scv UNITE TATES PALEINYT HENRY E. VAN NESS, F ELIVIIRA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO 'E. HOTELTGIE' 5 55 It? COMPANY. OF WINDSOR LOCKS, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONHECE EC'U'E.

DRILL-CHUCK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, E9il5.

To all whom it'll/(1y concern:

3e it known that I. HENRY F. VAN Nnss, ot lllmira. in the county of (hemung. in the State of New York, have invented new and uset'ul Improvements in Drill-Chucks. of which the following. taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. is a full. clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in drill chucks involving the use. of

radially movable jaws arranged about a common axis. and cooperating threaded members screwing one upon the other and operatively connected to said movable jaws for effecting the rad al movement of the lat ter toward and from said axis. 'lhcse jaws are tightened upon and released from the work. such as a drill or bit. by the hand rotation of one of the threaded members upon the other. and it frequently happens that during the drilling operation the jaws become so firmtvset upon the drill as to make it prmtically impossible. or at least very ditlicult. to turn or unscrew the. outer threaded member or casing by hand fol-the. purpose of releasing the. drill or bit from the jaws.

My object. therefore. is to provide the drill chuck with a simple. ecomnnic and durable attachment by which the jaws. however firmly set they may become upon the drill or bit. may be. easily and quickly released from holding engagement with such drill by a V slight turn of the outer sleeve or casing by hand and with Another ment to be readilv applied to drill chucks of this character without material alteration of any of the mechanism.

Other objects and uses will be. bro'ughtout in'the following description:

In the drawings. Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view oi a drill chuck embodying the 'arious features of my invention, the particular attachment for releasing the jaws being shown in elevation. Figs. '4 3 and -l are sectional views taken 'resju-ctively on lines 22. 33 and 4-4. Fig. 1.. an elevation partly in section of the detached central jaw supporting spindle. and my improved releasing attachment cooperating therewith. Fig. 6 is an inverted plan of the a minimum degree of power.

ing 5- t'or migaging the outer object is to enable this att.u-h'

Fig. 5 is acent upper face of the detached cam disk constituting one of the essential elements of my invention.

'lhis chuck comprises an externally threaded head 1 an external casing -2- composed of a sleeve 3 threaded internally at one end and engaged with the threaded portion of the head -1- and a cap rhaving a tapering or conical beartapering edges oi a series ol. in this instance three, radially movable jaws G which are guided in radial slots -7 in the lower end of the sleeve. -3-.

The head *1 is provided with a central lengthwise sccket for receiving a tapering spindle Sl which is adapted to be secured in any well known manner to the rotary drill spindle. not shown. and is adapted to lit tightly by friction in the socket 8-to impart rotary motion to the head l. The lower end of the head 1- is provided with a cylindrical socket 10 terminating a short distance from the lower end of the socket S- but connected thereto by a reduced opening 11 thereby forming an annular flange l2 between the sockets 8- and -10. Journaled in the opening 11- is a rotary axially movable spindle 13 baving a reduced threaded end 1l engaged by a nut -15 which plays in the lower end of the socket -S- just above the flange 12-, said nut being of slightly greater diameter than the opening 11 to prevent undue downward movement of the spindle 13-.

A cam disk -16- of substantially the same diameter as the socket 0 is loosely seated in the upper end of said socket and against the under side of the annular flange 12 around the adjacent portion of the spindle -13 and is provided on its lower face with a series of inclined bearings -17- coacting with the upper fiat face of an annular flange 1H which is rigidly secured to and preferably terms an integral part of the spindle said flange -18- being also loosely fitted in the lower end of the socket l(). Intel-posed between the inclined' bearings -17 and ad flange 18- is a -19-Which 1101'- series of roller bearings loo jaws 6- connected thereto to mally assume a position at the highest end of the inclined bearings '-17 when the jaws are released, thereby permitting a slight elevation of the spindle -13 and free the jaws from. holding engagement upon the drill. The cam bearings -17 incline upwardly to the left or in the direction of rotation of the casing -2- and spindle -l3 when turned to the left to release the jaws. This spindle 13 is provided at its lower end with an annular flange 20- spaced some distance apart from the flange -l8- forming an intervening annular groove 21 between said flanges for the reception of portions of the jaws 6. These jaws are provided near their upper ends with recesses 22- opening from their inner edges, said recesses being of substantially the same vertical width as the flange 20 which they are adapted to receive so as to lock the jaws to the spindle against endwise movement relatively thereto and at the same time forming a guide or rest upon which the jaws may slide radially.

The jaws 6 are spaced a uniform dis tance apart about a common center or axis of the spindle l3 and ride in lengthwise radial, grooves 7 in the lower portion of the casing section or sleeve 3-, the outer sides of said grooves being enlarged later-- ally for receiving flanged ribs 24-- on the outer tapering edges of the jaws. The tapering outer edges of the jaws are engaged by a tapering portion -5 of the cap -'lwhich prevents outward radial displacement of the jaws and together with the ribs -2-L- engaging the outer enlarged portions of the slots '33 constitute means for moving the jaws radially as the casing -2- is screwed up and down upon the head -1-.

The upper portion of the cap 'lis cylindrical and threadedinternally for engaging an externally threaded portion 26 of the sleeve 3 this portion of the sleeve being reduced in diameter forming an annular shoulder 2T against which the adjacent end of the rap -l abuts when screwed up tightly upon the sleeve --3- The lower ends of the sleeve 3- and cap -l-. are tapered to closely fit one upon the other with their lower ends in coincident planes when adjusted for use.

It is now apparent that the casing -2- including the sleeve -3 and cap -4- are rotatable bodily. upon the head -1 and during such rotation are moved upwardly and downwardly according to the direction of rotation, thereby moving the aws ra---;

That 15, when the casing is rotated.

dially. to the rightitds simu taneously moved up wardly, thereby closing the jaws upon the drill, while on the other hand, when the casing is rotated to the left, the casing will be moved downwardly thereby moving the jaws outwardly or from each other to release the drill. During such rotation of the casing 2 similar rotary motion will be imparted to the jaws by reason of the latter being seated in the radial grooves 7-, and when the casing is turned to the right to tighten the jaws upon the drill, it is evident that the portions of the jaws underlying the flange 20 will engage the under side of said flange with considerable pres-.

sure, thereby tending to rotate the spindle --13 in the same direction, or to the right, and in order to reduce the friction between the jaws and flange 20 I provide suitable anti-friction rollers 29 which are seated in suitable grooves in the adjacent horizontal portions of the jaws directly under the flange 20-. This tendency of the spindle 13 to rotate to the right when tightening the jaws upon the drill causes the rollers 19-- to roll from their normal position along the inclined bearings 17-, thereby additionally forcing the spindle 13 and jaws 20- downwardly a slight distance, or until the play between the nut -15 and upper face of the flange 12 is taken up, and at the same time frictionally forcing the disk 16, through which the spindle plays, against the lower side of said flange 12-. This frictional engagement of the disk -16 with the lower side of the flange tends to hold said disk against rotation while the spindle 13 is being rotated by the rotation of the casing 2 in tightening the jaws upon the drill, during which operation the rollers -l9 travel from the high ends of the inclined bearings .17 toward their low ends, thereby additionally tightening the jaws upon the drill.

During the drilling operation the tendency is to further rotatethe spindle 13 to the right, thereby further tightening the jaws upon the drill. This setting of the jaws during the drilling operation makes it ditlicult to release them from the drill with out considerable power applied to turn the casing -2 to the left, but this difficulty of operation is greatly diminished by the use of the rollers 19 and cam disk -,16

by reason of the fact that the use of the rollers materially reduces the friction between the disks 16- and 18-thereby; permitting the casing -2- and jaws which together with the spindle 13, to be rotated to the left with greater :freedom, and during such rotation the shift:

are locked thereto,

ing of the rollers from the low-points of the cam faces .-17 to the high points, allows a slight endwise play of the spindle 13 upwardly, thereby carrying thejawswith It and freeing 1 52nd aws from -.--engagement with the drill, thus redueingtlie resistance drawings, and While the cam disk,-l6- is particularly effective in combination with the rollers 19 in effecting a quick release of the jaws from their holding posi' tion upon the drill with a minimum turning power applied to the casing, it is evident that some slight modifications may be made to accomplish the same result without departing from the spirit of my invention. It is also evident that the friction between the jaws G and lower face of the flange -20 may be reduced by recessing the central portion of the lower face of said flange and thereby reducing the radial width of the bearing for the rollers 29, as best seen in Fig. 5. F or example, in further describing the operation of the chuck and the manner in which the several parts cooperate in applying and releasing it to and from a tool, attention is called to the fact that the cam faces of the disk 16 incline in a direction opposite to that of the threads of the headso that when the jaws are closed upon the drill by the hand rotation of the casing and the drill moved into the work, theupward pressure of the jaws against the flange 20 of the spindle 13- tends to rotate such spindle and also tends to screw up the casing but this tendency is instantly counteracted by the action of the rollers against the inclines l7 which absolutely locks the casing against upward screwing, and thereby prevents frictional binding of the threads. This tendency to rotation pro duces a torsional or twisting strain upon the casing by which action the rollers are caused to shift a very slight distance from their normal positions down the inclines, thereby throwing practically the entire pressure of drillingon the rollers and inclines of the disk with the rollers slightly advanced from their normal position at the upper ends of the inclines ready to return to such normal positions under such pressure and permits the casing to be easily turned by hand in further releasing the jaws.

lVhat I claim is 1. In a drill chuck, a threaded head, a spindle journaled in the head and having a slight axial movement relatively thereto, radially movable jaws engaging the spindle, a threaded casing screwed upon the head and operatively connected to the jaws to move the latter radiallv'as' the casing is rotated on the head, and means including a cam disk on the head for moving" the spindle and jaws axially as the casing is rotated.

2. A drill chuck comprising a threaded head and a threaded casing screwed thereon, a spindle mounted in the head coaxially therewith, jaws engaged with the spindle and movable radially by the rotation of the casing on the head, and separate means coacting with the spindle and brought into action by a slight unscrewing motion of the casing for releasing the jaws from their' tightened position with a quicker action than that accomplished by the threads of the head and casing.

3. In a drill chuck of the class described, a threaded head, a spindle journaled in the head coaxial therewith, annular flanges rigid on the spindle and spaced apart, a cam disk on the head and provided with an inclined bearing facing one of the flanges, rollers between said inclined bearing and such flange, radially movable jaws engaging opposite faces of the other flange, and an internally threaded casing screwing upon the threaded head and provided with means for moving the jaws radially as thecasing is rotated.

4. In a drill chuck, an externally threaded head, a spindle journaled in the head coaxial therewith and having a limited axial movement, a cam disk loosely mounted upon the spindle and engaging said head. radially movable jaws operatively connected to the spindle, an internally threaded casing screwing upon the threaded portionof the hcad and operativelv connected to said jaws to move them radially. an annular flange on the spindle. and roller bearings between the flange and cam d sk for effecting a limited axial movement of the spindle and jaws as the casing: is rotated.

In a drill chuck, a head having a socket in its lower end. a spindle coaxial with and journaled in the head. a cam disk seated in said socket and having" its lower face provided with an inclined bearing. an annular flange on the spindle adjacent to said inclin'ed bearing, rollers between the inclined bearing and annular flange. a second annular flange rigrid with the spindle. jaws cnaning the opposite end face of the second flange and movable radially, and a casing" screwed upon the head and operatively connected to the jaws to move them rad ally.

5. In a drill chuck a threaded head and a. threaded casing screwed thereon, jaws guided in the casing, a spindle rotatable in the head and connected with the jaws, said spindle having a limited axial mminncnt in the head for effecting a limited cndwise movement of the jaws independently of the head, and means brought into action by a limited rotation of the casing with' respect to the head for effecting the endwisc move ment of the spindle and jaws connected thereto independently of the head.

7. In a drill chuck, a main head, an aux- 10 ther means actuated by the independent rotation of said auxiliary head for moving the latter slightly axially and thereby cause the jaws to further tighten upon the Work.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of July, 1909.

HENRY E. VAN NESS. Witnesses:

H; E. CHASE, J. M. Hons.

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